CBC News – Melissa Mancini

The reaction of Veteran Affairs Minister Erin O’Toole to the discovery of the cost and extent of the use of government financed marijuana treatment for PTSD in Canada is likely to bring back marijuana as an election issue. E-mails from department spokespersons said: “The Government of Canada does not endorse the use of marijuana, but the courts have required reasonable access to a legal source of marijuana when authorized by a physician.” Veterans Affairs wants physicians to look carefully at the needs of the veteran, said O’Toole. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/marijuana-treatment-for-ptsd-unproven-says-veterans-affairs-minister-erin-o-toole-1.3073007

Toronto Star – Royston James

Advising resistance to police’s carding efforts grows more tempting: James